A Dog's Will

In the small village of Taperoa, in the arid and remote badlands of the State of Paraiba, Joao Grilo and Chico, two very poor Northeasterners, walk down the streets announcing "The Passion of the Christ", the greatest movie of the world. The session is a success, they make a few coins, but the struggle for survival goes on. Joao Grilo and Chico draft many plans to make some money. New challenges come up, leading to more confusion caused by Joao Grilo's cleverness, always with Chico. But the arrival of the beautiful Rosinha, the daughter of Antonio Moraes, raises the passion in Chico and the jealousy of corporal Setenta. The plans of the duo, involving Chico and Rosinha's marriage and the possession of a pig made of clay filled with money, are interrupted by the arrival of the "cangaceiro", an outlaw, Severino and the death of Joao Grilo. All the dead people meet again on the Last Judgment, when they will be all judged at the Soul Court by a black Jesus and by the devil. Each one's destiny will be decided by the apparition of Our Lady, the Compadecida with an unexpected ending, especially for Joao Grilo.